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William La Touche Congreve VC DSO MC 123: William La Touche Congreve VC DSO MC Basic Information [as recorded on local memorial or by CWGC] Name as recorded on local memorial or by CWGC: William [‘Billy’] La Touche Congreve VC, DSO, MC Rank: Major Battalion / Regiment: Rifle Brigade Service Number: Date of Death: 20 July 1916 Age at Death: 25 Buried / Commemorated at: Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Corbie, Departement de la Somme Picardie, France Additional information given by CWGC: Legion of Honour. Son of Lt.-Gen. Sir Walter Congreve, V.C., K.C.B., M.V.O., and Lady Congreve, of Chartley Castle, Staffs.; husband of Pamela Congreve, of 15, Queen Anne's Gate, London. In stark contrast to most of the other local war casualties detailed in this work a considerable amount is known and has been recorded about the life, and death, of ‘Billy’ Congreve and so only the barest outlines will be given here. Billy Congreve – a summation of his early life and career William La Touche Congreve was born on 22 March 1891 at Burton Hall, the Congreve family home and the predecessor of Burton Manor when it had been rebuilt after 1903 by Henry Neville Gladstone. His middle name, La Touche, was after his mother’s maiden name - she was Cecilia (Celia) Henrietta Dolores Blount La Touche. William’s father, Captain Walter Norris Congreve (later General) was a distinguished soldier in the Second Boer War [The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)] when, in December 1899, he was awarded the Victoria Cross. 1891 census (extract) – Burton Hall Fanny E. Congreve 54 born Wincham, Cheshire Celia H.D. 23 daughter-in-law born India Amelia H.S. 51 sister born Wincham, Cheshire Infant 2 weeks grandson born Burton Ten servants are also listed in the household. At the time of the 1891 census (5 April) Billy was just two weeks old, unnamed (and shown as ‘infant’ in the census return) and with his mother at Burton Hall. Fanny Emma Congreve (nee Townshend, of Wincham Hall near Northwich) was the head of Page | 1335 Billy Congreve, aged about seven, possibly at Burton Hall household on that date; as Billy’s grandmother, she was the wife of William [‘The Captain’] Congreve although William was, as was commonly the case, away from the village at that time. Also absent from the Hall was Billy’s father, Walter Norris Congreve; it is presumed that he had returned to his army regiment - around this time he was Assistant Adjutant for Musketry stationed at Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight. Whilst Billy Congreve was born in Burton, and spent some of his early time in the village (although he wasn’t baptised here), the family lived away from the area for considerable periods as his father’s army work (for some time he was private secretary to Lord Kitchener) took him around the country. Indeed, at the time of the 1901 census the family was fragmented with Billy being recorded at the home of school mistress Sara Linton in Farnborough. 1901 census (extract) – Belgrave House, Alexandra Road, Farnborough Sara L. Linton 49 school mistress born Meldreth, Camb. Margaret P. Partridge 25 assistant school mistress born King’s Heath William L.T. Congreve 10 pupil born Burton Three servants are also recorded in the household. It is possible that Billy was in Farnborough to visit his father, Walter Norris Congreve, as Walter might have been in Britain at that time after his actions in the Second Boer War and his award of the Victoria Cross. However, he cannot be located in the census returns. [For details of Walter Norris Congreve see the text box on page 1338] Certainly, whilst Billy was in Farnborough his mother, together with Billy’s younger brother, Geoffrey Cecil Congreve, was with her mother and step-father in Sevenoaks, Kent: Page | 1336 1901 census (extract) – The Rectory, Rectory Road, Brasted, Sevenoaks, Kent James W. Rynd 63 clergyman, C of E born Ireland Rose W. 55 born Chile Celia Congreve 33 step daughter born India Winnifred Rynd 25 born Beckingham, Lincs. Reginald F. 24 born Beckingham, Lincs. Walter W.B. Monck 23 visitor born Welshampton, Shropshire Geoffrey C. Congreve 3 grandson born Gosport, Hants. In the household there were also five servants. James William Rynd, the Rector of Brasted, was born in 1838 in Kilmessan, County Meath, and died on 8 January 1914. Rose [nee Rosa Wilhelmina (Minna) Muller] was born in 1844 in Chile, the daughter of William and Marria Muller. William Muller was born in 1809, in Bremen, Germany and Marria was born in 1821, in Chile. Rosa married Charles W Blount La Touche (born 1835), a Captain in the Indian Army, at St James’ Westminster in mid-1866. Following their marriage Charles and Rosa went back to India but Charles died the following year (29 December1867) in Macherber Kattywar, India, and Cecilia [Celia] Henrietta Dolores La Touche, their only child, was born shortly before Charles died. Charles had served with distinction in India during the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and had been recommended for the VC, although this was not awarded. Had it been granted Cecilia would have had the unique distinction of being the daughter, wife and mother of holders of the Victoria Cross In April/June 1871, when Cecilia would have been 4½, Rosa married James Rynd in Barnet and they went on to be married for 42 and had nine children. Additional details of Cecilia [Celia] Congreve and Geoffrey Cecil Congreve, one of her three sons, are given elsewhere in this account. William [‘The Captain’] Congreve, Billy Congreve’s grandfather, had been the Chief Constable of Staffordshire (and lived in Stafford) when he retired to Burton Hall in 1889. In the 1901 census he is recorded there, aged 69, with his wife Fanny Emma (64) and two daughters (Winifred Mary Congreve, 28, and Dorothy Lee King, 26). Despite having not lived in Burton for most of his tenure of the village (Burton Hall had been leased to a succession of tenants), William had invested a considerable amount of Page | 1337 money in the village and this had adversely affected the wealth of the family. On William Congreve’s death in January 1902 Burton Hall, and the village, passed to his eldest son, Major Walter Norris Congreve, Billy Congreve’s father. Walter heard of his father’s death at the time that he was serving as Private Secretary to Lord Kitchener in the Transvaal (South Africa). On his return to Britain, and wishing to rid himself of the financial burden of Burton, Walter put the entire Burton estate up for sale and it was sold to Henry Neville Gladstone for £80 000 on 2 February 1903, just 13 months after ‘The Captain’s’ death and just a few weeks short of Billy Congreve’s 12th birthday. The family then moved to Ireland - Walter had obtained the post of Personal Assistant (aide-de-camp) to the Duke of Connaught - but Walter, requiring a home in England, purchased Chartley Castle in Staffordshire in September 1904. Walter Norris Congreve and the Second Boer War In January 1898 Walter Congreve had been appointed as District Inspector of Musketry to the Aldershot Command but in October 1899, on the outbreak of war in South Africa, he resigned his appointment and was posted to the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade which had been ordered to proceed from Crete to Natal. Walter sailed from Southampton on 24 October and reached Cape Town on 18 November 1899. On his arrival in Durban on 23 November he couldn't join the 2nd Battalion as this was besieged, with the rest of Sir George White's forces, in Ladysmith. Walter Congreve was, therefore, attached to the Staff of the 4th Infantry Brigade and then as Press Censor at Headquarters. On 15 December 1899 Walter accompanied Sir Redvers Buller, the Commander-in-Chief of British forces in South Africa during the early months of the Second Boer War, towards Ladysmith. However, because of confusion, the heavy artillery became pinned down near Colenso by the Boers artillery and the British guns ran out of ammunition. Buller recognised the importance of retrieving the artillery before the guns fell into the hands of the Boers and so decided to advance to the line to attempt to pull the guns back to a safer position. During this advance Walter Congreve was hit by at least three bullets and sought refuge, with others, in a donga (a dry gully). Despite his injuries - one bullet had passed through his right leg below the knee - he and three others crawled out of the donga to rescue his close friend, Freddie Roberts, who had also been injured and was lying in open ground. For his actions at Colenso Walter Norris Congreve, together with six others, was awarded the Victoria Cross. Freddie Roberts (Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts), Walter’s friend, died two days after receiving his injuries and received a posthumous VC. The awards were actually presented awarded in Pretoria by Lord Roberts, Freddie’s father (Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts), on 25 October 1900. Lord Roberts himself had been awarded the VC for his actions in 1858 during the Indian Rebellion. On 22 January 1900 Walter Norris Congreve, during a slow recovery from the injuries he’d received at Colenso, was appointed as Adjutant of Kitchener's Horse, a Corps. of Irregular Cavalry and, subsequently, was promoted to Major (1901) and became private secretary to Lord Kitchener in the Transvaal. He was still in the Transvaal when, in January 1902, he heard that his father, William [‘The Captain’] Congreve had died at Burton Hall.
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